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kennethreitz e1c2ef03d7 Comprehensive music theory documentation pass
Every guide page rewritten with deep music theory content:

- Tones: scientific pitch notation, frequency/pitch relationship,
  temperament history (equal/Pythagorean/meantone), interval table
  with song examples, circle of fifths
- Scales: interval pattern construction, major/minor/harmonic minor
  theory, all 7 modes with character descriptions and song references,
  scale degree names and functions, diatonic harmony and common
  chord progressions (I-IV-V, I-V-vi-IV, ii-V-I)
- Chords: triad and seventh chord construction tables, all 12 chord
  qualities with interval formulas, consonance/dissonance theory
  (Pythagoras to Plomp-Levelt), beat frequency perceptual ranges
- Fretboard: how frets work, string interval explanation, reading
  fingering notation, 8 alternate tunings with musical context,
  custom instrument examples (banjo, mandolin)
- Playback: waveform physics (harmonics, Fourier), temperament
  listening guide
- Quickstart: updated feature list (6 systems, 40+ scales, 144 chords)
- Fix duplicate logo/title in sidebar

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-22 06:20:01 -04:00
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